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The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Quad Erat Auferendum Real Estate Group Proposes Redeveloping ‘Highly Coveted’ College Campus in Tribeca Above: The Borough of Manhattan Community College campus sits on six square blocks of prime, publicly owned land along the Hudson River waterfront in Tribeca. Below: BMCC’s campus occupies 4.3 acres...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage The Fine Line Between ‘Discerning’ and ‘Discriminating’ Equity Remains Elusive at the Crown Jewel of City’s Public High Schools Stuyvesant High School is one of the handful of elite secondary schools in the New York City public education system, at which admission is governed by...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Public Property, Private Profit Rally for Affordable Housing at World Trade Center Site Precedes Hearing Tonight Above: Democratic Congressional nominee Dan Goldman addresses a rally of supporters for 100 percent affordable housing at Five World Trade Center. Below: A rendering of the proposed 900-foot-plus tower...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Vaccine Void Kids in Southern Battery Park City Among Least Protected Against Polio More than four in ten children in southern Battery Park City fail to meet the threshold of three polio shots by age five, according to data from City health officials. Amid rising...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Whither Wagner? Opponents of the Resiliency Plan Rally as BPCA Plans Imminent Closure and Revamp of Park On August 16, people gathered in Wagner Park to rally for changes to the resiliency plan. As the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) prepares to close Wagner Park...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Bad, Worse, and Worst-Case Scenarios Lower Manhattan Flood Risk Illustrated by Maps from City’s Environmental Agency Scenario 1: Moderate Stormwater Flood without Sea Level Rise With little fanfare, the City’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on July 6 released three rainfall-based flooding maps that project...